OUVRAGE : Md. J.H. Bhuiyan, B.U. Khan (eds.), Revisiting the Geneva Conventions: 1949-2019

Md. Jahid Hossain BHUIYAN, Borhan Uddin KHAN 

The book is designed to provide an overview of the development, meaning, and nature of international humanitarian law (IHL). It presents a critical review of the protection of the injured, sick and shipwrecked, prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians during times of war, the prevention of forcible transfer of civilians, the four Geneva Conventions from a Third World point of view, the ideals of distinction, proportionality and precaution from the point of view of Islamic law and the issues faced in implementing IHL.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


Foreword 

Preface

Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan, Borhan Uddin Khan, International Legal Protection of Persons Affected by War: Challenges and the Way Forward

1. Borhan Uddin Khan, Mohammad Nazmuzzaman Bhuian, The Development of the Geneva Conventions 

2. Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan, The Legal Status and Protection of the Rights of Prisoners of War 

3. Etienne Henry, The Prohibition of Deportation and Forcible Transfer of Civilian Populations in the Fourth Geneva Convention and Beyond 

4. Yutaka Arai-Takahashi, Persons aboard Medical Aircraft Who Fall into the Hands of a Neutral Power – the Scope of Their Liability to Detention under the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the 1977 Additional Protocol I 

5. Pablo Antonio Fernández Sánchez, Forced Transfer of Aliens during Armed Conflicts 

6. Noelle Higgins, The Geneva Conventions and Non-International Armed Conflicts 

7. Srinivas Burra, Four Geneva Conventions of 1949: a Third World View 

8. M Rafiqul Islam, Criminalising Rape and Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts: Evolving Criminality and Culpability from the Geneva Conventions to the Bangladesh International Crimes Trial 

9. Mohd Hisham Mohd Kamal, Principles of Distinction, Proportionality and Precautions under the Geneva Conventions: the Perspective of Islamic Law 

10. Borhan Uddin Khan, Nakib M. Nasrullah, Implementation of International Humanitarian Law and the Current Challenges 

11. Derek Jinks, The Geneva Conventions and Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law

Index

Md. Jahid Hossain BHUIYAN, Borhan Uddin KHAN (eds.), Revisiting the Geneva Conventions: 1949-2019, Leiden, Brill/Nijhoff, 2020 (334 pp.)